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RURAL REFLECTIONS The harvest in four acts
I am writing specifically about the sugar beet harvest today however it could certainly pertain to any harvest. Act I Common Courtesy Everything means more at harvest time. People are cold, short on...
Posted on 10/20/12 at 6:08 AM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER National AFL-CIO promises to pressure American Crystal Sugar
The 12 million member AFL-CIO labor federation is putting its muscle, and money, into the nearly year-long American Crystal Sugar Co. lockout. We will escalate this campaign for fairness and justic...
Posted on 7/25/12 at 7:20 PM
THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND Mathern proposes lockout legislation
BISMARCK--Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, wants to see state legislators approve a bill that would allow workers in a lockout situation to be eligible to apply for unemployment benefits. Mathern sent an e...
Posted on 10/28/11 at 9:53 AM
MIKKELPATES.AG-AT-LARGE Peterson says Crystal talks good news, union may be adjusting language
U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., a champion of the sugar industry as ranking member on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, said it is good news that the two sides are planning to meet. He had n...
Posted on 8/24/11 at 4:24 PM
After 20 months, locked-out Crystal employees vote to accept contract 
American Crystal Sugar Co. workers locked out of their jobs since Aug. 1, 2011, are heading back to work, but it’s a bittersweet resolution for the union.
By John Lamb , April 14, 2013
Crystal Sugar contests worker benefits ruling
FARGO – Attorneys for American Crystal Sugar Co. are asking the North Dakota Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling grant-ing locked-out workers unemployment benefits.
By Forum staff reports , March 13, 2013
Lockouts like Crystal impasse headed to vote Saturday are on the rise
FARGO — For nearly 11 months, they picketed in sub-zero temperatures, marched on company headquarters, prayed with religious leaders and traveled 200 miles on a hay wagon. Now, the locked-out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. will decide whether they're tired of walking and talking.
By Associated Press , June 22, 2012
Breaking tradition: Crystal union to lobby against sugar program
Official says tactic a response to lockout by managementGRAND FORKS - The Bakery Worker’s union now will lobby against the sugar program in Congress, according to a union official, breaking a long tradition of fighting for the program with farmers and American Crystal Sugar Co.
By Stephen J. Lee, Grand Forks Herald , February 02, 2012
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Locked-out worker charged with vandalism
Moorhead man faces felony after American Crystal replacement worker’s car keyedMOORHEAD – A locked-out American Crystal Sugar worker faces charges after allegedly scratching a replacement worker’s car last month.
By Sam Benshoof , January 17, 2012
American Crystal calls union's latest offer 'publicity stunt'
MOORHEAD – American Crystal Sugar Co. rejected Monday the latest union proposal to end the company’s labor lockout and called the union’s approach to the most recent meeting “a publicity stunt.”
By Stephen J. Lee and Marino Eccher , Forum Communications Co. , January 16, 2012
Is American Crystal still acting in the spirit of a co-op?
As lockout drags on, some question whether American Crystal more concerned with bottom line than community ideals of a co-opMOORHEAD - As the lockout of 1,300 union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. stretches into a sixth month, a question is getting asked: Is the cooperative formed by area farmers in 1973 more concerned with the financial bottom line than it is with the community-based ideals co-ops traditionally aspire to?
By Dave Olson , January 15, 2012
Hitler as American Crystal Sugar’s David Berg? YouTube spoof has lockout ending badly for company
GRAND FORKS - American Crystal Sugar Co. managers are the latest group lampooned through an edited YouTube clip taken from a film about the last days of Adolf Hitler.
By Chuck Haga, Grand Forks Herald , January 12, 2012
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Can’t beet the heat: Sugar beet piles need extended periods of colder temps
FARGO – Warm winter days have been a joy so far for many people but could be costly for the region’s farmers – and some homeowners, too.
By Helmut Schmidt , January 06, 2012
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North Dakota man sues American Crystal for causing fall
GRAND FORKS — A man who claims American Crystal Sugar Co.'s failure to keep ice off a scale platform caused his fall and injury is suing the company for $50,000.
December 23, 2011
American Crystal property dispute settled
Past values stand, but tax bill to dropMOORHEAD – Settling a long-standing dispute that put hundreds of thousands of annual tax dollars on the line, a deal has been reached on the value of American Crystal Sugar property in Clay County.
By Dave Roepke , June 16, 2011
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Restrictions will be tight for Roundup Ready
Challenges await growers if ban liftedIf sugar beet companies are allowed to grow Roundup Ready beets in 2011, it appears the restrictions and grower oversight will be tight.
By Mikkel Pates, Forum Communications Co. , November 23, 2010
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American Crystal payments might be modern record
American Crystal Sugar Co., based in Moorhead, has told its farmer shareholders that this year's sugar beet crop is projected to bring them average payments of $57 per ton.
By Forum Communications Co. report , November 16, 2010
American Crystal’s pre-pile sugar beet harvest is earliest ever
American Crystal Sugar Co.’s beet growers are beginning their patented early harvest earlier than ever because the crop looks to be bigger than ever.
By Stephen J. Lee , August 18, 2010
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Sugar beet harvest to begin Aug. 17
Pre-pile season two weeks ahead of normal
David Berg knows a thing or two about the white, powdery, sweet stuff his company produces.
By Sherri Keaton , July 23, 2010
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